Wringer



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0. P. SEARLES.

WRINGER.

Patented Oct. 1, 1895.

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CHARLES- P. SEARLES, OF COLUMBUS, OHIO.

WRINGER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Eatent No. 547,402, dated October 1, 1895..

Application filed December 17, 1894- Serial No. 5321 N model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, CHARLES P. SEARLES, a citizen of the United States, residing at O- lumbus, in the county of Franklin and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Wringers; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention belongs to that class of wringers in which the device forgiving pressure to the rollers serve to clamp the wringer to the side of a tub.

The object of my invention is to make certainimprovements in the construction of such wring-ere.

In the accompany drawings, Figure 1 illustates a side elevation; Fig. 2, an end elevation. Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view taken on a plane indicated by the line as as of Fig. 1.

Like characters of reference in the drawings designate corresponding parts.

ldesignates the side parts of the frame, 2 a cross-piece extending between the upper ends of the sides. The lower parts of the side pieces are held together by a board 3. The side pieces 1 are made with vertical slots 4, which receive the journal-boxes 5 and 6 of the upper and lower rollers 7 and 8, respectively. The journal-boxes of the lower roller have arms 9 and 10, extending in nearly opposite directions therefrom. Extending between the outer ends of the projections 9 is a roller 11, which, also, as will be seen hereinafter, serves as a handle for releasing the clamping device. This clamping device, which is designated 12, comprises two side pieces having a bar extending between their lower ends. The side pieces of the clamp 12 are pivoted upon projections 13, and their upper ends are pivoted to the arms 10, extending from the journal of the lower roll. When the lower roller is elevated the inner ends of the arms are drawn upward, thereby loosening the clamp, and when the lower roller is forced downward the arms force the upper ends of the clamp outward, bringing the lower end thereof into engagement with the tub. Extending between the sides 1 of the wringerframe and above the upper roller is a bar 14, the ends of which rest upon the journalboxes of the upper roller or upon small elastic springs 15, of rubber or other substance, upon the journal-boxes. The bar 14 is provided at the upper side of its middle with a fixed screw 15', having on its upper end a threaded nut 16 with a cylindrical cap 17. This cap fits and is rotatable by turning the nut in a cylindrical socket 18 in the cross-piece 2. Pivoted to ears 19 above the cap 17 is a hand-lever 20, having an eccentric 21, which acts against the upper end of the cap. By depressing this lever the bar lat is depressed, and consequently the upper roller against the lower.

To put the wringer in position for use the hand-lever 20 is raised and the lower part of the clamping-frame sufficiently separated from the main frame to permit it to be placed on the edge of the tub. The nut is then adjusted to such a position that the desired pressure between the rollers will be attained when the hand-lever is depressed. The pressure on the rollers, also, through the arms 10, throws the upper end of the clamping-frame outward and the lower end inward sufficiently to secure the wringer to the tub.

To remove the wringer the hand-lever 20 is elevated, when the device may be lifted off the tub. If the clamp sticks upon the attempt to remove the wringer, it may be detached by lifting the roller 11. The slots in the side pieces of the wringer-frame are made with stops or shoulders 21 to prevent the upper roller from falling into contact with the lower roller when the wringer is not in use,because when the rollers are left in contact with each other Water is retained between them, which causes the rubber to rot. A drip-board 22 conducts the water wrung from the clothes into the tub.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- 1. In a wringer, the frame the side pieces of 5 the lower roller will close the clamp, and being hinged to a clamp pivoted on the 10 means for depressing said lower roller, subwringer frame, and means for depressing said stantially as described. rollers, substantially as described. 2. Inawringer, the frame the side pieces of In testimony whereof I affix my signature 5 which have slots, two wringer rollers having in presence of two witnesses.

journal boxes movable in said slots, the lower CHARLES P. SEARLES. journal boxes having arms projecting in sub- Witnesses: stantially opposite directions therefrom, a bar GEO. M. FINoKEL,

connecting one pair of said arms, the other I FRED O. PERSONS. 

